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Lookin' fit and fine, Broward. The 2015 annual County Health Rankings, released March 25, scored Broward ninth among Florida's 67 counties on factors that predict how healthy a community will be in the future. Our residents are smoking far less than the national median, are less likely to have babies as teenagers, and have plenty of places to exercise. Broward ranked 15th statewide on health outcomes, which are defined as indicators of how healthy and happy people are now. Only 14 percent of county residents rate themselves as being in poor or fair health. "People in general seem to think of themselves as healthy, which makes me optimistic," said Linda Quick,...

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